Tuesday, April 3, 2012

You may remember that I wrote about shopping at the Pendleton’s Woolen Mill Store while in Portland, OR last week…and how I was disappointed that there weren’t any deals…you can read all about it HERE…

Anyways yesterday, I received this letter from Pendleton’s assuring me that there are deals to be had at the Woolen Mill Store…just not when I was there!

Please read the following~

Hi Sweet P! We're sorry that you were unable to find what you were looking for on your recent visit to the Woolen Mill Store. Your friend might have been thinking of our Fat Quarters -- 8 pieces of Pendleton wool fabric for $25? We do have choose-your-own Fat Quarters and premade sets for the same price. They are made up of our worsted and flannel weight fabrics. A lot of our remnant pieces end up in our per pound scrap bins. We have a $3 per pound bin for pieces 3-9" wide and a $5 per pound bin for larger pieces. The $5 per pound bins can be found beneath the fabric tables and the $3 per pound bin is in front of our large cutting table towards the back of the store. Our supply of scraps depends entirely on what they're making at our two Pacific Northwest mills. We have no control over what we get and when we get it... but we do have a weekly Truck Report on our blog (thewoolenmillstore.blogspot.com) on Friday mornings to let everyone know what the Pendleton truck delivered this week. What you see on the tables are first-quality yardage cut from the rolls -- prices for table pieces start at $5 per yard. The largest remnants do tend to appear on a table -- usually towards the back of the fabric area. We do hope you'll give us another visit the next time you're in Portland. Any of our sales associates can guide you to the best deals in the store!

So Woolies of Portland, OR or Woolies passing through Portland, let’s not write Pendletons off our wool shopping trip!!

Let’s give them another chance…and let’s hope that their bins aren’t bare and that their Fat Quarters are back on the tables!

On the woolie note…I have completed one more Autumn Heart to Hand block…have a gander~

Well, that's very nice to know, and very nice of them to let you know! In the event that we're able to come up your way for a visit someday, I'll have to get a shopping list from you, and stop in the store on the way! Hope we can get by the fabric sniffing dogs at the border, though. Will they detain us very long if we carry wool? Would Maggie entertain the idea of defending us if they do?